Director Zack Snyder told Entertainment Weekly that filming on the first live-action adventure featuring DC Comics' super-team will begin on April 11.

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That's just two weeks after Warner Bros' releases "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" — which debuts a new Batman (Ben Affleck) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) to fight against and alongside Superman (Henry Cavill), who was introduced in 2013's "Man of Steel." The studio clearly has great faith in its plan to build a shared cinematic superhero universe to compete with archrival Marvel Studios.

Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman will meet up first in next month’s ‘Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.’ (WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT)

"The Justice League Part One" is set to hit theaters on Nov. 17, 2017, with the second installment scheduled for June 14, 2019.

A previous attempt at a "Justice League" movie in 2007, with "Mad Max: Fury Road" director George Miller at the helm, never made it out of development.

Heroes and villains go from comic panels to the big and small screen

"It was a little bit of an 'about time' moment, and I don't blame (the studio) for feeling that way, because it's a long time coming," Snyder told EW.

"But I do feel like it's a little bit of a creative hurdle. It seems like an easy thing to do at first glance, the idea that, 'Oh, we just get the rest of the superheroes in there.' But you have to establish a world where they can exist."

The Justice League is set for its big-screen, live action debut on Nov. 17, 2017. (Courtesy of DC Entertainment)

That world will fill up quickly: Warner Bros. has at least 10 more superhero movies in development through 2020, including standalone adventures for Justice League members Aquaman (Jason Momoa), The Flash (Ezra Miller) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher).

This November Warner Bros. is also introducing the David Ayers-directed "Suicide Squad," about a group of villains forced to work clandestine jobs for the government.

All those heroes and villains will be up against formidable foes offscreen.

Marvel has a head start on the franchises-within-a-bigger-franchise model with "Avengers." Fox has "X-Men: Apocalypse" arriving in May and can use the box office success of "Deadpool" to jumpstart an X-Force movie.